Mexica Telpochcalli Teachings

Foundational Telpochcalli Teachings
Telpochcalli means "house of the youth". It's a place where youth would go to be educated on serving the community and develop warrior skills . Today we use Telpochcalli as term to denote a place of learning for all our people since it can be agreed that we are all in the process of restoring and advancing our Indigenous selves.

“And they called it Teotihuacan because it was the place where the lords were buried. Thus they said: “When we die, truly we die not, because we will live, we will rise, we will continue living, we will awaken. This will make us happy.”

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